March 4, 2014: The day in news

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SC extends Subrata Roy's custody, sends him to Tihar JailThe Supreme Court jailed the head of Sahara business group on Tuesday after he apologised to the judges for failing to show up for a hearing over repaying Rs 22,500 crore to small investors. Roy, who was remanded in custody for a week, said he was sorry for not personally attending a hearing last week, which had prompted the frustrated top court to order his arrest over the 18-month old case.Read More...

LS election schedule to be announced on WednesdayThe Election Commission is likely to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule on Wednesday. The code of conduct will come into force with the poll watchdog's announcement. More than 814 million people are eligible to vote in the elections – 97 million more than in 2009, which was a five-phase poll.Read More...

No need for military action against Ukraine for now: PutinTensions over Ukraine eased on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need "for now" to send forces to the neighbouring state. He ordered Russian armed forces to pull back from Ukraine's border. "As for the use of armed forces, there is no such need for now," Putin said.Read More...

Jaya may not have it all her way in TN: surveyTamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa hinted at her prime ministerial ambitions a week ago, but a poll survey conducted in February suggests her AIADMK may not be able to sweep the Lok Sabha polls in the state to put her in a position of absolute strength nationally. The AIADMK-Left alliance may get between 14 and 20 seats in the state, according to a CNN-IBN/IBN7 – CSDS election tracker. Tamil Nadu has 39 seats and Puducherry 1.Read More...

25 die 'unattended' in Kanpur hospital as junior doctors' stir enters Day 4 in Uttar PradeshAs many as 25 patients have allegedly died in 72 hours since Saturday due to lack of medical attention at the Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital in Kanpur, where a strike by junior doctors has spread across the rest of Uttar Pradesh. The strike began following a police lathicharge on resident doctors and students of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College — near LLR Hospital — after they clashed with Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki on February 28.Read More...

Kejriwal: Government is not short of money, it's just short of intentFacebook users engaged in a live discussion on Tuesday with Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and posed questions directly to him through the launch of an initiative, 'Facebook Talks Live', by the social networking website. Journalist Madhu Trehan is moderating the session by asking questions on behalf of Facebook users, which is being live-streamed on the website besides being broadcasted on NDTV.Read More...

Gopal Kanda granted bail in Geetika Sharma suicide caseFormer Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in airhostess Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Tuesday granted bail by a local court, which restrained him from leaving Delhi. Additional sessions judge Yashwant Kumar allowed the bail plea of Kanda while directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs. 5 lakh with two sureties of the like amount.Read More...

Fixed deposits interest rates offered by post offices hiked by 0.2%A day ahead of Lok Sabha election dates announcement, the government on Tuesday decided to hike interest rates on fixed deposit (FD) schemes offered by post offices by up to 0.2%. The interest rate on popular PPF (public provident fund) has, however, been kept unchanged at 8.7%.

Jiah Khan case: Rabia alleges Sooraj Pancholi trying to kill her, Aditya lividActor Jiah Khan's mother Rabia's lawyer claims that they have "recorded conversations of the witnesses" and the result indicates that it was not a case of "suicide". Rabia moved the Bombay high court once again on Saturday alleging that Jiah was murdered and had not committed suicide. She wanted a Special Investigating Team to probe the case. Meanwhile, the Panchoolis are furious after Rabia recently said that she had heard Sooraj Pancholi was trying to kill her.Read More...

Singapore world's costliest city, Mumbai at the bottom: surveyThe soaring cost of cars and utilities as well as a strong currency have made Singapore the world's most expensive city, toppling Tokyo from the top spot, according to a survey Tuesday. Tokyo's weakening yen saw it slide to sixth place, the position previously occupied by Singapore, in the 2014 Worldwide Cost of Living survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).Read More...

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